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APPLICATION FILED MAR. 17, 1908.

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'BELT GUIDE.

Patented Sept. 29, 1908.

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NELSON A. enoAT, or MONTE vrsTA, COLORADO.

. `BEL'r-GIIIDE..

. Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 17, 1908. Serial No. 421,666.

Patented Sept. 29, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NELSON A. GRoA'r, a citizen of the United States,residing at Monte Vista, in the county of Rio Grande and State ofColorado, have invented `certainnew and useful Improvements inBelt-Guides; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention,

upon which to wind the belt when not'in usey or when being transported.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter referred to and moreparticularly` pointed out in the claims. s

In the accompanying drawings which are made a part of t is application,Figure l is an elevation of my im roved belt guide, showing beltsattached Jthereto, and, Fig. 2 is an edge elevation ofthe guide.

Referring to the Vdrawingsin which simila reference numerals designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates the mainframe of my improved belt guide, from the upper and lower edges andcenter of which extend bearing plates 2, 3, and 4, said plates extendingin a horizontal plane and one above the other.

Rotatably mounted between the plates 2 and 4 and 3 and 4, respectively,`are pulleys 5 and 6 lixed together, said pulleys being preferablylocated adjacent one end of the plates and around which take belts 7 and`8, respectively, `the belt 7 being preferablyemployed for co erationwith a belt wheel 9 of an engine, whi e the belt 8 coperates with apulley 10 of a separator and in order to guide the belts vand preventthe same from leaving their respective pulleys, guide rollers 11 and 12are mounted between the plates 2 and 4 and 3 and 4, respectively, and atthe opposite ends of the plates from the pulleys 5 an 6.

The guide rollers 11 and 12 are arranged in pairs and both folds of thebelts 7 and 8 are passed between their respective pair of guiderollersand if desired, the lower ends of said guide rollers may be providedwith circular flanges 13 and 14, which flanges engage the lower4 edgesof the belts and guide the belts between the guide rollers when theouter ends of the belts are in a plane below their respective guiderollers. It will likewise be seen that the outer ends of the belts maybe located at various angles to the longitudinal plane of the guide, theguide rollers serving to properly guide the belt around the drivingpulleys 5 and 6, in which event the engine may be set at various anglesto the separator and adjacent either end thereof.

- When the belt 7 is disengaged from the belt wheel 9 and the separatoris to be moved to a new location, said belt may be wound upon a reel 15,which reel is rotatably mounted between the arms 16 depending from theylower` plate 3, one end of the reel shaft being provided with a crank17, Vthrough the medium of which the reel may be operated to wind thebelt thereon. This form of belt guide may be used. in connection withvarious pieces of machinery, but is particularly adaptable forseparators, as it has been the practice heretofore to set the enginedirectly in front of the separator and in alinement therewith, while byemploying my improved belt guide, the engine may be placed at variousangles to the separator and the operation of the separator remain thesame as when the engine is in alinement therewith. It will 4 likewise beseen that by providing the reel in connection with the guide, the beltextending to the engine may be readily stored when not in use, or whenthe separator is being transported and further that the belt guide maybe attached to any form of separator at a minimum expense.

What Iclaim is:

"In a belt guide, the combination with a frame having plates at theupper and lower edges thereof and a similar late midwa between the firstmentioned pilates, said p ates extending in horizontal planes; of a pairof pulleys at one end'of said plates, one of said pulleys being betweenthe middle plate and In testimony whereof l have signed my upper plateand the other between the midnaine to this specification in the presenceof' dle plate and lower plate, guide rollers artwo subscribingwitnesses.

ranged in pairs at the opposite ends of said NELSON A. GROAT. 5 platesand having anges at the lower ends Witnesses:

thereof adapted to engage the lower edges of J. FRANK GOAD,

belts passing between said guide rollers. JEssE STEPHENSON.

